Breckenridge Texan

Bobby Gene Adkins

Bobby Gene Adkins went to be with our Lord and Savior on the morning of Monday, October 29, 2018. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, November 3, 2018, at First Baptist Church of Albany with Rev. Jeff Turner officiating. Services have been entrusted to Morehart Mortuary.

Bobby Gene Adkins was born in Montague County, Texas, to Claude Weldon and Mattie Belle Adkins. He graduated CF Brewer High School in White Settlement, Texas. He served in the Army in 1960. After he got out of the service, he pursued a business major at Texas Wesleyan University. Bob married Dorothy Sadberry Anderson, July 21, 1987, in Marietta, Oklahoma.

Bob was a member of Lakeside Baptist Church in Granbury, a member of Pecan Plantation and a member of Nutcracker golf course. He was a Vietnam era vet. He loved to play baseball and go hunting. He was an avid golfer and loved going to Ruidoso, New Mexico.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Claude Weldon and Mattie Belle Adkins, and a sister, Betty Adkins.

He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Adkins, of Albany; two sons, Scott Adkins and wife, Kathleen, of Springtown, and Barry and wife, Alissa, of White Settlement; a daughter, Kim Vanderford and husband, Vint, of White Settlement. He had five children by marriage, Tommy Anderson and wife, Sandy, of Ranger; Donnie Anderson and wife Terri, of Albany; Ronnie Anderson and wife, Maggie, of Breckenridge; Linda Crawford and husband, Jerry of Brady; and Rita Siska and husband, Jimmy, of Rockwell; a brother, Jimmy Adkins of Decatur; and a sister, Donna Baker of White Settlement; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, family requests that memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church of Albany or memorials can be made to the charity of the donor’s choice. Condolences may be made online at www.morehartmortuary.net